Back labor

Can anyone describe what back labor feels like? I’m 28 weeks (29 on Thursday) and started having severe lower back pain out of nowhere tonight. I have been drinking water and resting but it hasn’t helped. Just took Tylenol so I’m waiting to see if that makes a difference. Just wanted some back labor insight from other mamas

Mine came in cycles that I could time. It wasn’t constant or sudden. It came very mildly, I took a bath, drank water, and rested, but it kept coming in waves and I could time them. The pain got more intense as they got closer together and longer and that’s when I went into the hospital.

I actually had a few last week. I thought I was developing a back ache but then it stopped. Then it started again and stopped. It cycled for a few times and reminded me of my last labor. The real deal feels like unbareble cramping that makes your back hurt.

Back pain was my first sign of labor with my 3rd. I was up all night and couldn’t sleep the pain was so bad. It wasn’t at first though. It gradually gets worse. At first it was more like “I can’t get comfortable because my back hurts” and then it got to the point where I was like “ok this is coming and going and getting worse.”

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